tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296105614733486634.post6567190849507084881..comments2010-08-22T00:53:48.587-07:00SeenAndNotSeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14531174717680282902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296105614733486634.post-34543929899287403332010-08-22T00:53:48.587-07:002010-08-22T00:53:48.587-07:00Honestly, though, "is this Muslim a terrorist?" also is not a good question, because it's predicated on the idea that, if someone is a Muslim, we need to ask that question. Rather than worrying about stopping individual terrorists, and having to ask about everyone "are they a terrorist?" we should be working to fight the root causes of terrorism. I'll be discussing this in a later blog post (three posts from now!)SeenAndNotSeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14531174717680282902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296105614733486634.post-10603275405238151472010-08-21T00:35:36.272-07:002010-08-21T00:35:36.272-07:00You hit the nail on the head with the statement about "is this Muslim a terrorist?" versus "Is this person a Muslim?" The removal of that leap between culture and action is one of the first terrible steps in the demonization of a culture. They say the first step towards mass ignorance is getting people to ask the wrong questions, and that's what the bigots are doing here; if the question becomes, "Is this person a Muslim," then people don't even need to be asking the important questions (like "is this person actually trying to hurt us?).Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538935505826412814noreply@blogger.com